WSU 2008 DBF Flight Test of Coug Air in Wichita KS

The team wanted to get in a trim flight before the contest. The plane ended up in a tree. It turned out that the antenna did not like being routed inside the fuselage, by rotating the plane while doing a radio check the team found that the radio would failsafe at certain angles, so the antenna was rerouted externally. On the second flight the plane entered into a difficult to recover spiral / spin. This was remedied by adding end plates to the horizontal stab (fangs.)Always make sure your design has adequate control volume.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• AIAA
• DBF
• WSU
• Wichita
• Design
• Build
• Fly
• 2008
• Washington
• State
• University
• Crash
• RC
• tree
• cougs
• cougars
• flight
• test
• stability

[carpe85]

man, that's exactly why here at Wichita State we recommend NOT to go to that field (Beech lake) for flight testing before the competition.